Can underground tombs survive in cold climates?

Question

Is it plausible for tombs containing dead... people... remains... to exist in climates like that of Northern Europe?

Answer 1

The coffins were stone and rectengelaur.The brass and copper coffers. The huge iron door was a cave  door. Nordic people who were gaurded at the door.

Answer 2

Yes.

The steppes of Asia have produced a number of tombs with mummified remains. Most were flooded with water which then froze, preserving the bodies.

The "bog" people found in peat mining operations appear to have been human sacrifices or executions. The acid in the peat slows decomposition and preserves the body.

In New England the vampire belief gained support from digging bodies up and finding little or no decomposition. This was often due to being buried in the winter and even dying of TB. There's record of a town meeting where a family petitioned for the exhumation of a deceased as they believed   they were a vampire feeding off their family.

Generally speaking (and we'll avoid "burping" coffins) the body turns to bones after a few years. A few centuries later even  most of the bones are gone. Modern embalming just keeps decomposition from settling in until after burial. The "vaults" required in higher end cemeteries are there to prevent the soil from settling into the coffin not for preservation. If you watched "Mythbusters" buried alive segment, the "high end coffin" was crushed after only a few scoops of dirt.

The Amesbury archer is a Bronze Age burial dated before 2300 BCE. You can read about the degree of preservation.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

Absolutely. Some frozen tombs have not only survived but produced bodies in excellent states of preservation-including tattoed skin,clothes etc. Siberia springs to mind

  In Denmark bronze age burial mounds have also produced well preserved bodies-skin, body hair,clothing. These mounds were in peaty areas and like the more famous bog bodies, the tannins in the peat caused the preservation.

  Normal ancient burial,say a burial mound in southern England, will produce generally just bones and grave goods of stone/metal. Occasionally very rare bits of cloth may survive. In acid soil even the bones might go, but then you might be lucky and get some preserved hair instead